INTERNATIONAL INTERFAITH CENTRE
The International Interfaith Centre promotes interreligious understanding
and co-operation between different faith communities and organisations
of religious or spiritual conviction. In support of this aim, IIC will:
- facilitate communication between international interfaith
organisations including an annual meeting of
the International Interfaith Organisation Network.
- develop a study centre for high quality research
and education on interreligious issues.
- organise projects and conferences which promote
religious conflict resolution and dialogue.
WORLD CONFERENCE
In 2006 the International Interfaith Centre and Tolerance Limited
will be holding an international conference on faith and the media.
The conference will allow faith and interfaith groups to gain a better
understanding of how the media work, and the media will gain insight
into the importance of faith and interfaith groups in society and
their force for world peace. Developing better understanding of each
others’ perspectives and developing relationships based on
mutual understanding will improve the media coverage of religion
and interfaith issues.
Some Conference Themes:
Religion, the media and terrorism.
The positive power of the media.
Workshops on media and faith group communication.
The use of language in religious reporting.
For more information about the world conference contact the IIC
via email iic@interfaith-center.org or visit the IIC website at www.interfaith-center.org or Tolerance Ltd at www.tolerancelimited.com.
CORRYMEELA PROJECT
The IIC is planning on bringing together Palestinian and Israel
youths with Protestant and Catholic youths in Northern Ireland for
a conference at the Corrymeela Centre. The objective is to allow
young people from areas of religious conflict to encounter others
who also live in a region afflicted by religiously motivated violence.
Exposure to the similarities and differences of the two regional
conflicts will contribute to the breakdown of stereotypes and lead
to a better understanding of the needs and motivations of the other.
OTHER IIC PROJECTS
- Interfaith e-learning:
www.interfaithstudies.org will
bring you into touch with issues, organisations and initiatives
for inter-religious
understanding and co-operation. It offers an
introduction to interfaith activity and concerns in a way that
will enable you to learn about
its history and methodologies and offer you the
resources to become involved.
- Faith and Interfaith:
a video series of interview with individuals
from different religious and cultural backgrounds,
including theologians Keith Ward and John Hick as well as peace
worker Yehuda Stolov and
Farid Esack. Available for purchase through
the IIC.
- Co-ordinating meetings
of the network of international interfaith
organisations to promote co-operation and communication
between the 14 participating organisations.
- Directory of Faith Communities in Oxford:
research and publication
of this local resource.
- Friends Conference
scheduled for autumn 2004 to explore values
education.
GLOBAL RESEARCH SURVEY
The questionnaire, Attitudes Towards Interfaith, was developed in
partnership with the Welsh National Centre for Religious Education
at the University of Wales, Bangor. The objective of the survey,
conducted at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, is to
teach us more about people’s attitudes towards the nature of
religious truth, interfaith activity, and the relationship of personality
to faith. The IIC feels that this research is essential for all those
who work on interfaith issues as it enables people to understand
their constituents. When we understand what people actually believe
we will be more able to assist the building of an interreligiously
tolerant global community.
Initial results will be posted on www.interfath-center.org as soon
as the analysis is complete early 2005. Further analysis will be
published in the international journal Interreligious Insight.
This project has been partially funded by The Pluralism Project
at Harvard University.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information about the IIC, please contact them at:
International Interfaith Centre
2 Market St
Oxford
OX1 3EF
UK
Tel: 01865 202 745
Email: iic@interfatih-center.org
Web: www.interfaith-center.org
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